Juvenile Marlin

[Cowfish13]

I've had this on my mind for a while.

Does anybody know where baby Marlin are born and where they go when they are less than like 50cm long?

I've always though it'd be cool to catch a tiny Marlin:silly:

[MichaelJ]

no 1 really noes how to catch baby marlin specifically

but imagine how cool it would be to have a 10cm 1 in a fish tank!!!

[Cowfish13]

or to fluke a <30cm on a plastic in the bay:cheer:

[fishyman]

haha lol how cool would it be to jag one in the bay like 50cm

[Angus]

Hahahaha.

I catch a lot of them on bread at Colleges crossing....

Or are they Gar? :P

But in all seriousness no idea!

I cant remember what forum it was but I have seen a photo of a sub meter one before though.

I wonder what size they are when born?

Despite their size full grown you would think like most fish they would begin life pretty miget right?

Angus

[MichaelJ]

yeh ive seen a pic of like a 15cm 1 in a mag and it looked more like a sailfish than a marlin

there pretty fast growers tho

[fishyman]

googled it and found this article

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1430297.htm

it was on TV on teh show catalyst. but it shows yes they do start off about 2cm long

[Mozza]

I found this on a website ...

Black marlin can be found in almost any depth of water. Young juveniles are often found in shallow waters of the continental shelf (as shallow as 5m in Harvey Bay, Qld.). Juveniles have been caught on the north Australian shelf as far east as the Wessel Is. (137oE). Black marlin are present in the western Gulf of Carpentaria to south of Groote Eylandt but their presence has not been confirmed in the eastern Gulf. There are authenticated reports of black marlin in the Torres Straits but these are believed to indicate only occasional occurrences of these fish in that strait and not regular migrations in numbers from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean or vice-versa. They are not usually found south of Mallacoota in Victoria or Albany in W.A.

[Cowfish13]

fishyman wrote:

googled it and found this article

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1430297.htm

it was on TV on teh show catalyst. but it shows yes they do start off about 2cm long

Interesting stuff. Agressive little buggers!

[Mozza]

Angus wrote:

Hahahaha.

I catch a lot of them on bread at Colleges crossing....

Or are they Gar? :P

But in all seriousness no idea!

I cant remember what forum it was but I have seen a photo of a sub meter one before though.

I wonder what size they are when born?

Despite their size full grown you would think like most fish they would begin life pretty miget right?

Angus

I would guess that the marlin larvae would be the same size as any other species of fish

[maxi]

WHY WORRY ABOUT THE LITTLE TACKERS ... JUST GO GET A BIG ONE ...:laugh: :laugh:

[Lozzel]

Picked up several ,anywhere from Gladstone north , while trolling for mackeral.

Black Rats we called them, mostly about 50-70 cm. Go hard too.

Biggest went about 50kg, poor bugger drowned. So had him on the BBQ. Although he was caught off cairns.

[jeff f]

never seen 1 under 50kg

[MichaelJ]

ive seen heaps under 50 lol

thats the main size u catch of cape moreton

[werewolf]

Cowfish13 wrote:

fishyman wrote:

googled it and found this article

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1430297.htm

it was on TV on teh show catalyst. but it shows yes they do start off about 2cm long

Interesting stuff. Agressive little buggers!

LOL at the little one that started biting the cameraman lol

[Do$tylz]

In one of David Attenborough's DVD series they show a short clip on baby marlin. If I remember correctly they actually showed 5 or 6 schooling together. They were found out in the middle of the ocean swimming around. I think they were around 10cm.

I'll try and find the clip tonight.

[benno573]

there's one in his "blue planet" series of tiny sailfish cruising around eating plankton... not sure if that's what you are getting at henry?

[Do$tylz]

Mate thats probably it.

Haven't watched the DVDs in a while.

[benno573]

i have almost the whole collection... some awesome photography in them hey.

[Shrimpo]

yeh u see the story on him on 60 minutes?

[benno573]

no i didn't - if it was last sunday was still cleaning up after trip!!!

[Do$tylz]

yeah im the same benno... got I think 5 of the collection dvds and a couple of sigle dvd ones. Its bloody expensive.

Missed the 60 minutes doco. I reckon he's a frikkin legend.

[benno573]

he is - so much more than a narrator. the amount of random crap i know about animals and stuff pales in comparison. i'd love his job just to go to some of the places he has gone. i have many of his dvd's, planet earth, blue planet, life of birds, life of mammals, living planet... and a few others i can't think of.

and to keep with the thread he does do a lot on billfish throughout his dvd's, the footage of a sailfish feeding and constantly changing colours on the blue planet is fantastic. particularly in HD...

[werewolf]

benno573 wrote:

i have almost the whole collection... some awesome photography in them hey.

I got the whole DVD set recently. They are amazing. I remember the shot of the tiny sailfish. It was rather deep down if I remember correct.

[LIVE_2_FiSH]

old thread, but i thought this pic of a baby marlin sorta applied to here. From sportsfishextreme.com

http://sportfishextreme.com/LBG%20Photos/LBGpage1/babymarlin.jpg

[MichaelJ]

they look heaps like sailfish when there small

[Cowfish13]

Wow that's awesome:D They look so cool:)

Thanks for that

[Troy_79]

Im sure if you fish under the indro bridge you might have a good chance of catching one. might pick up a cobia aswell:laugh:

[Jords]

4 good pics

just scroll about halfway down mayb a bit further and u'll see them

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